More scenes from yesterday's Norwood Park Memorial Day Parade

Continued from this entry on Page One.


There were plenty of Scout groups represented. There was a large contingent from Immaculate Conception School.








Among the many other scout groups participating were these from St. Thecla, Norwood Park Lutheran Church and Norwood Park School:






The Onahan School group included the cheerleading squad:











The group from Stock School had a message for parade-goers.












Memorial Day is often cool and dreary in Chicago. Yesterday, though, the weather was sunny, hot and humid.

In other words, it was a tough day to be sporting a fur coat. Especially a spray-painted one:






One canine seems to have decided it was just too hot to walk:


The Norwood Park Memorial Day Parade always features dozens of old cars:




But one of the cars, in particular, seems to have caught the attention of a lot of people. Apparently, BMW was not always a luxury status symbol:



The Chicago Police closed the proceedings on horseback:


The message on the side of this last car through was quite appropriate to the occasion: "Thank You for attending to Honor Those Who Gave Their Lives for Freedom."


Photo credit: Brigid Leyhane.

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And if you need to see even more photos from yesterday's Norwood Park Memorial Day Parade, see this page on the Norwood Park Chamber of Commerce & Industry website.